Arja Nurmi

University Lecturer, English language, literature and translation, specifically translation and interpreting

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences | Language Studies

Tampere University

arja.nurmi [at] tuni.fi

+358503180739

City Centre Campus

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6446-9356

Main positions of trust

Title of docent, University of Jyväskylä (English linguistics, particularly corpus linguistics)

Expert member of the Finnish Matriculation Examination Board, vice-chair of the English committee

Research topics

Multilingualism, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, linguistic variation and change, historical linguistics, translating legal and administrative texts

Research unit

PLURAL -Multidisciplinary research centre for languages and cultures https://research.tuni.fi/plural-en/

Selected publications

See the research portal https://researchportal.tuni.fi/en/persons/arja-nurmi

Latest publications

De gustibus non est disputandum: Translating a multilingual novel
Nurmi, A., 2023, In: METHIS: STUDIA HUMANIORA ESTONICA. 25, 31-32, p. 108-129
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Review of Gandón-Chapela, Evelyn. 2020. On Invisible Language in Modern English: A Corpus-based Approach to Ellipsis. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Nurmi, A., 2023, In: Research in Corpus Linguistics. 11, 1, p. 156-160
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
English around the globe: Local and global perspectives on social and regional variation
Rautionaho, P., Parviainen, H., Kaunisto, M. & Nurmi, A., 2022, Social and Regional Variation in World Englishes: Local and Global Perspectives. Rautionaho, P., Parviainen, H., Kaunisto, M. & Nurmi, A. (eds.). Routledge, p. 1-7 (Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Review of Čermáková & Malá (2021): Variation in Time and Space. Observing the World through Corpora
Nurmi, A., 24 Mar 2022, In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CORPUS LINGUISTICS. 27, 1, p. 133-138
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
Review of Ewa Jonsson and Tove Larsson (eds.). 2020. Voices past and present – Studies of involved, speech-related and spoken texts. In honor of Merja Kytö.
Nurmi, A., 2 Nov 2022, In: Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics. 8, 2, p. 369-373
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
Social and Regional Variation in World Englishes: Local and Global Perspectives
Rautionaho, P. (Editor), Parviainen, H. (Editor), Kaunisto, M. (Editor) & Nurmi, A. (Editor), 2022, New York & London: Routledge. 234 p. (Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics)
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review
Managing Latin: Support and intratextual translation as mediation strategies in the history of English
Nurmi, A. & Skaffari, J., 2021, In: Text and Talk. 41, 4, p. 493-513
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Tytti Suojanen in memoriam
Kivilehto, M., Nurmi, A. & Nurminen, M., 2021, In: Kääntäjä. 2021, 4, p. 22-23
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Being Wilde : Social representation of the public image of Oscar Wilde
Nevala, M. & Nurmi, A., 2020, Late Modern English : Novel Encounters. Kytö, M. & Smitterberg, E. (eds.). Amsterdam, p. 316-331 (Studies in Language Companion Series; no. 214).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Corpora and the Changing Society : Studies in the Evolution of English
Rautionaho, P., Nurmi, A. & Klemola, J., 2020, Amsterdam. (Studies in Corpus Linguistics; no. 96)
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review

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